Watch Bold Attempt on Big Himalayan Mountain

Watch as a six European alpinists attempt Thalay Sagar, a 6,904-metre peak in India’s Garhwal.

In 2004, a route was climbed near the northwest ridge called Harvest Moon by a strong Swiss team.

In 2015, a team consisting of Daniele Nardi, Adrian Legarra, Txus Lizarraga, Felix Criado, Ekaitz Maiz and Alex Txikon climbed part way up Harvest Moon and then climbed away up a new route to the col at 6,450 metres. Bad weather forced them to retreat.

Despite not reaching the summit, they called their attempt Askatasun Taupadak (Beats of Freedom) M5 A3 WI4+.

In Sept., 1984, Michael Kennedy and Randy Trover made the second ascent of the Polish-Norwegian Route on the Northeast Buttress. After their ascent, Kennedy wrote in the American Alpine Journal, “Another wave of spindrift washed over the darkened tent. Raw from the thin cold air, my throat tickled, contracted; swallowing, I tried not to breath too hard, but to no avail. Tentative at first, then with increasing violence, I began to cough. Inspired by my performance, Randy soon joined in, and after a lengthy chorus of hacking, wheezing, groaning and spitting, we slumped back into our respective reveries.

I was in a depressingly familiar position: high on some thankless fang of granite and ice, shivering in a damp, fetid sleeping bag next to a similarly wretched soul, wondering what could possibly have induced me to endure such frustration and misery. The world seemed an unfair place.” Continue reading the story here.